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The spotlight returns to Beijing once again this weekend as just two weeks after the Olympic flame was extinguished in the Birds Nest stadium, the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony gets underway on Saturday

Girls4Gold Ambassador Victoria Pendleton fulfilled her ambition of becoming an Olympic Champion in Beijing last week.

This time last week, Team GB had won two gold medals. Now, just seven days later that total stands at a magnificent 17 and there may be more to come. Team GB has enjoyed a Games few people would have believed possible and all of a sudden everyone's asking the same question: "What's the secret of our success?"

With just over a week to go before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are officially underway, UK Sport Chief Executive, John Steele, explains just what is needed to achieve success at the highest level - and reach the Olympic podium

The British Shooting Team has tested a piece of equipment designed and built by BAE Systems. The technology, which has been developed as part of a £1.5 million partnership with UK Sport, will assist Great Britain's best shooters in training ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and beyond

World cycling champion Victoria Pendleton and Olympic silver medallist Shelley Rudman have today launched Girls4Gol

sports coach UK has unveiled the industry blueprint to create a world-leading coaching system in the UK by 2016

UK Sport has this week published its 2007 Annual Review. The Review provides a detailed account of UK Sport's key projects within the UK and abroad, and provides further insight into how the organisation is meeting and supporting positive change in the UK's sporting landscape

Gerry Sutcliffe, the Minister for Sport, is amongst those who have welcomed today's announcement

The eight coaches who comprised the inaugural intake of UK Sport's Elite Coach scheme back in 2004 graduated in front of their peers at the World Class Coaching Conference last night

The British Olympic Association today outlined the next steps for Sir Clive Woodward's proposed programme to support elite athletes.

With just five years to go to London 2012, the need for outstanding British coaches has never been greater. UK Sport today unveiled the identities of seven more coaches singled out for development - the majority of whom will be hoping to be the driving force behind home medal success in five years' time

UK Sport has this week achieved the Foundation Level of the Equality Standard.

Attracting major sporting events to the UK makes strong economic sense according to a major new report out today from UK Sport

The Grand Depart has brought the spotlight back on cycling and the UK's successful hosting of a complex major sporting event, with the support of UK Sport's World Class Events Programme

UK Sport and SportsAid, the sports charity, today unveiled a strategic partnership designed to offer enhanced support to emerging athletes across 35 sports in the build up to the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012

The anticipation and excitement building at the world's most recognisable and popular cycling event racing this weekend through the streets of London and the Kent countryside, has been made possible in part through funding support from UK Sport

Since December 2006, GB Canoeing, in partnership with UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) has been focused on a nationwide search to unearth potential female talent with the necessary attributes to become a medallist for the GB sprint kayak team at London 2012

UK Sport today unveiled the line-up of its new Paralympic Performance Panel, designed to help individual sports reach their challenging performance targets on the road to the London 2012 Paralympic Games

UK Sport will not shy away from intervening in sports where change will improve performance in the build up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, John Steele, UK Sport's Chief Executive said last night